THE QUESTION OF ALBION: JAUNT INFO

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The Question of Albion
an uchronic fantasy Jaunt of magic and succession
March 19 - April 28

During the month leading up to the High King of Albion’s ceremonial abdication and retirement, the city of Londinium waits to see if the crown will pass along the maternal line to the High King’s sister’s child as tradition--or if the High King’s own child will raise their banner against the rightful heir as expected. It has been more than a century since there has been a succession dispute of this nature, but there is precedent--and because of this, everyone in Albion will need to think very hard about whose claim they will back.

Matters are complicated, as always, by the genii: supernatural entities who humans summon and form contracts with in order to benefit from their aid and accomplish feats of magic. In Albion, the main workers of contractual magic are the Druids, who are traditionally neutral in these conflicts--but such things are not necessarily true of the magical workers of other lands.

And there is a circle of magic workers from nearby Gaule in town.

Lead by a failed Albionese druid, they seek to contract with a far greater genius than they have before--and should they succeed, they would make valuable allies for either would-be heir. Of course, if they fail, the consequences could be disastrous...

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INFILTRATOR/INVESTIGATOR ROLES

[powersthatbe]

Infiltrators are, quite simply, people who have reason to be in Londinium for whatever reason for the month leading up to the joint Abdication/Coronation ceremonies. They might be guests. They might be tourists. They might live there. There is a sizable group coming over from Gaule, but Infiltrators who are not Albionese can come from anywhere in Europa and even further afield. (We advise using older names for those locations.)

It’s assumed that most if not all Infiltrators will be humans, even if some might have genius heritage. Any players who wish to infiltrate as genii (or magic users possessed by genii) will need to get permission from the mods and are restricted to being minor genii.

Investigators will be appearing on a boat coming from Gaule shortly before it arrives in Dubris and will be assumed to be tourists there for the joint Abdication/Coronation ceremonies, with enough money on their person to arrange for simple transport to Londinium and simple lodgings for the weeks until the ceremony.